.41 mag Taurus Titanium 4"

[BRL]

I posted this under the Taurus section, but thought it might have more relevance here.

Well, I certainly didn't expect to get the amount of recoil out of this gun, especially being ported. This gun was left to me in my brother's will. I finally decided to shoot it yesterday. Factory Federal 210 gr ammo. I thought to myself, "this gun is ported, not my .44 mag and should be a nice little shooter/low recoil". Boy was I wrong. Had my mother been with me, I would have gone crying to her after my first shot. That thing kick like a pack mule (you know pack mules kick harder than regular mules). All kiding aside. That gun verges on uncomfortable to shoot (for me anyway, and for 50 rounds or more). I went ahead and shot 50 rounds through it and put it away. My 9mm felt like a .22 after that gun.

Anyway, I origionally thought I would use this Taurus Titanium in place of my Ruger Redhaw in .44 mag should I try my luck at hangun hunting this year. I will stick to the Redhawk. Not that I didn't like this gun. It fit my hand well and was very accurate (I love those "shoot N' see" targets).

I guess there is a lot to say about a gun's weight for recoil reduction VS. porting (in this case anyway). I thought porting would have more than compensated for it's light weight.

[timothy]

That sounds like a outdoor protection gun you might want to use for hiking and such. You'll be much better served hunting with the redhawk. Good luck

[BRL]

That's a good point. I think that'll work.

Thanks

[Old Griz]

Or, sell the Taurus and get a Blackhawk or Bisley Hunter in .41 mag.

[Troggy]

That sounds like a outdoor protection gun you might want to use for hiking and such. You'll be much better served hunting with the redhawk. Good luck

What he said.

 It can be done but it realy isnt designed to shoot past 25yrds or so. It's ment to pack easy so you dont klnow it's there until an emergency arises or your in a close quarters shooting situation. . For example I got mine because last years hog hunt I found myself in some brushy areas looking for hogs and my scoped rifle would have been hard to use. At the time I only had a .357mag  and my rilfe had no sling so for this year I got the tracker 44mag for those times. I feel the 44 is a much better pig round. The longest shot had we flushed a pig would have been maybe 15yrds. This year I'll use my T/C G2 Contender in .358JDJ wich is more like a rifle cartrdge than a handgun. My Contender will have a sling on it this time so I can use the 44 IF I need to but the plan is to nail one with the handrifle. Im no expert but I have heard that for a hunting revolver you need at least a 6" bbl. but 7 1/2" is a better choice,  I think because of the longer sight plane.

[BRL]

That sounds about right. When I first got the gun, I was looking forward to getting a set of dies for it and loading some nice cast hunting loads. But, after the range session, I think I'll leave it to protection when I don't want to lug the Redhawk around. Besides, I already have dies for the .44. You know it goes though when you get something new...you start to daydream.

Thanks.